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Leviticus 17 — Sermon Preparation
All animals must be slaughtered at the tabernacle entrance; eating blood is forbidden because the blood is the life that makes atonement. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 17, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Leviticus 17 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּם | dâm | H1818 | 13 | blood, juice |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 9 | breathing creature, animal |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 8 | eat |
| גֵּר | gêr | H1616 | 5 | guest, foreigner |
| בָּשָׂר | bâsâr | H1320 | 5 | flesh, freshness |
| גּוּר | gûwr | H1481 | 4 | turn, sojourn |
| פֶּתַח | pethach | H6607 | 4 | opening, door |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“After the law concerning the atonement to be made for all Israel by the high priest, at the tabernacle, with the blood of bulls and goats, in this chapter we have two prohibitions necessary for the preservation of the honour of that atonement. I. That no sacrifice should be offered by any other than the priests, nor anywhere but at the door of the tabernacle, and this upon pain of death, ver. 1-9. II. That no blood should be eaten, and this under the same penalty, ver. 10, &c. Directions Concerning Sacrifices. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Leviticus 17:1–30 (Public Domain)
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